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 Type: Package
 Package: performance
 Title: Assessment of Regression Models Performance
-Version: 0.12.4.12
+Version: 0.12.4.13
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Daniel",
              family = "Lüdecke",
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 ## Breaking changes
 
+* `check_outliers()` with `method = "optics"` now returns a further refined
+  cluster selection, by passing the `optics_xi` argument to `dbscan::extractXi()`.
+
 * Deprecated arguments and alias-function-names have been removed.
 
 * Argument names in `check_model()` that refer to plot-aesthetics (like